Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1918 — Page 1

NO. 121.

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MEMORIAL DAY

What It Mean* On May 5, 1868, Gen. John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, proclaimed the first Memorial Day for May 30 of that year in the folloiwdng words: , , _ “We must cherish tenderly the memory of our heroic dead who made their breasts a barricade for our country. Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains. We must guard their graves with sacred vigilance. Let no vandalism or neglect, no ravages of time testify that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of an undivided republic. Let us gather around their sacred remains and garland the passionless mounds above them .with the choicest flowers of springtime, and let us raise above them the flag they saved.”

FAIRBANKS MAKING NO GAIN.

The condition of Charles W. Fairbanks showed little, if nay improvement yesterday, according to Dr. J. A. MacDonald, the attending physician.

Mr. and Mrs. Estel Pierson and children, of Hobart, were here today to attend the Memorial Exercises, and to visit relatives. Mrs. Pierson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lane, of Newton township. —THE MOVIES— ' GAYETY TONIGHT SPECIAL PROGRAM “The Spirit of the Red Cross” 2 Acts. Showing us just .what its all about. And Harry Carey in “Bucking Broadway" 5 Acts. Thrilling story of the east and west. 7 big reels.—loc and 15c. AT THE PRINCESS nHKit William Russell “My Fighting Gentleman” 6 Acts.—loc To All. See both shows they are extra good. Friday, May 31st. Frank Keenan in “The Crab” 5 Acts. And—L-Ko Comedy.—2 Acts.— 7 Acts In All.—loc and 16c. MATINEE AT THE PRINCESS——NIGHT AT THE GAYETY Saturday, June Ist. VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURES AT THE GAYETY AND SPECIAL PICTURE PROGRAM AT THE PRINCESS. Coming—‘THE KAISER."—The Beast of Berlin. _

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MARION TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

To be held Sunday, June 2nd, 1918, at the Presbyterian churdh, Rensselaer, Indiana. 2:00 p. m., Song Service led by C. E. Prior. Scripture and prayer, Dr. Fleming, Presbyterian church. 2:15. The Possibilities the Sunday Schools of Marion Township, Chas. G. Spitler. 2:30. Special Music. 2:35. The Place of the Sunday School in the Great World’s War, Prof. I. N. Warren. 2:55. Report of Township Officers and Dept. Superintendents. Sec. and Treas.—C. E. Prior. Supt. Adult Dept.—l. N. Warren. Supt. Secondary Dept.—Mrs. Clara Andrus. Supt. Elementary Dept.—Mrs. W. L. Bott. Supt. Temperance Dept.—Mrs. F. D. Burchard. Supt. Home Class Dept.-—Mrs. L. E. Barber. Supt. Missionary Dept.—Resigned, Place not Supplied. Supt. Teachers Training Dept.— Mrs. Ethel Perkins-Coe resigned. Place not Supplied. 3:15. Talk by County Officers. 3:25. Business session. 1. Financial. 2. Election of officers. 3. Time and place of next meeting. C. E. PRIOR, Sect.-Treas. Marion Twp.

For Many a Rensselaer Household. To have the pains and aches of a bad back removed —to be entirely free from annoying, dangerous uninary disorders, is enough to make any kidney sufferer grateful. The following advice of one who has suffered will prove helpful to hundreds of Rensselaer readers. Mrs. R. E. Scott, Van Rensselaer St., Rensselaer, says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills whenever my kidne yshave become disordered and I give them credit for the excellent health I now enjoy. By putting my kidneys in good condition, Doan’s have saved me from the suffering I used to have from the steady ache across my kidneys, pains in my back and other symptoms of kidney trouble. Doan’s are fine and I advise anyone troubled as I was to use them.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Sccott had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.

Thursday evening, May 30th at 8:00 p. m., in the Christian church Pursuant to the Proclamation of the President of the United States, asking that all peoples of this country do observe some part of the day of May 30th in prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God for his help and blessings in the crisis of the hour. The committee in charge of this vicinity are asking that all our people at the appointed time and place to observe this proclamation in an appropriate manner.

Bast Remedy for Whooping Cough. “Last winter when my little bey had the whooping cough I gave him Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.” writes Mrs. J. B. Roberts,, East St. Louis, Hl. "It kept his cough loose and relieved him of those dreadful coughing spells. It is the only cough medicine I keep in the house because I have the most confidence iiv-4t?’ This remedy is also good for colds and croup. «•

THURSDAY LOCAL MARKET.

Oats, 67c. Corn, 31.00. Rys, 31.50. Wheat, 32.00. Butterfat, 45c. Eggs, 28c. f .1 Chickens, 20c. Roosters, 12c. _____

CHEERFUL WORDS.

CITIZENS MEETING.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY3Oth, 1918

EIGHTY YEARS IN LAKE COUNTY

PIONEER,VETERAN AND SPLENDID CITIZEN CALLED TO REST. - Richard Fuller, who for eighty years had been a resident of Cedar Creek township, Lake county, died at his late home in Shelby, Tuesday, May 28. Mr. Fuller was a man of excellent character and wsfe greatly beloved by a wide circle of friends. His wife had preceded him to the great beyond almost half a century ago, but he ever kept her memory fresh in his mind and heart and in the very last moments of his life still spoke of her. His life and conduct was a sacred memory to that sainted wife and mother. One of his son-in-laws is county commissioner James Black, of Lake county and another is Editor Bowie of the Kankakee Valley Review. < The deceased was exceptionally well posted in political matters and knew personally, many of the great men of the nation. He was a relative of the late Judge Fuller, chief justice of the United States supreme court. It is fitting to remark . that his birthday was the same as the immortal Lincoln, whom Mr. Fuller so, dearly loved, and that he should be laid to rest on the nation’s great holiday, May 30, Memorial Day, The following obituary was taken from the Kankakee Valley Review:

OBITUARY. Richard Fuller was born in Athens county, Ohio, February 12, 1829, and died at his home at Shelby, Lake county, Indiana, May 28, 1918. Aged 89 years, 3 months and 16 days. His parents were James and Lydia Fuller natives of Maine, who became the parents of eleven children, of whom Richard Fuller was the tenth child and ninth son, and was in his tenth year when he came to Lake county with his parents. The family home was established on land entered from the government two miles east of Lowell in Cedar Creek township, where his parents spent their remaining years. Richard Fuller received his education in one of the old log school houses, attending through the winter months and assisted his father until he attained his majority. He then engaged in farming on his own account and at one time operated over one thousand acres for the Land company at Shelby. In 1854 he was united in marriage to Miss Deborah Hale, a native of Maine, who was reared in Lake county, Indiana. She died in 1875 leaving eleven children all of whom reached adult age, eight of whom are living, to mourn the loss of a" kind and loving father, they are Clara Adelia, Hannah Ann and Joseph Allen, of Shelby; James Franklin, of San Diego, California; Mrs. Naomi Adeline Parson, of New Haven, Conn.; Richard Edwin, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Laura Jeannette Black, of Lowell; and Mrs. Agnes Deborah Bowie, of Wheatfield; two sons and one daughter preceeded the father to the gsat beyond viz; Cyrus Julian, of Kansas, Mrs. Ellen Sirois and Holbrook, of Shelby. At the time of the civil war, Richard Fuller served his country as a member of Company F, Fifty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged by reason of disability July 27th, 1865. Politically he was a Democrat. He has been a resident of Lake county for over eighty years and up to the time of his death, was the oldest living resident continuously of the county and few citizens have longer witnessed its progress and improvement. His life has charaterized by untiring activity and perseverance and he was well known and Highly respected because of his sterling traits of charatcer. The funeral services will be held Memorial Day at 10:30 a. m. Interment at Orchard Grove cemetery.

GEORGE FATE FINALLY ACCEPTED.

The following letter was received from Clarence Fate: Dear Mr. Hamilton: Our boy, George, finally got into the army, and he was some happy boy. . . I have heard of professional joiners, but this is the first case of an enlister I ever heard of. He has run the recruiting officers ragged, trying to get into the service. He enlisted in everything but the Lowell band and failed on physical examination. The doctors got so well acquainted with him, he didn’t have to take off his clothes and “eventually” he landed. Joined the medical corps and is at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Will have you send him the Rensselaer Republican, as soon as I get his address. .... , . Be sure and publish every letter you get from that boy “Fred” as we like to hear from him. The army has taken all our young men. Young men in Crown Point are as scarce as Germans at a Hibernian picnic. Best regards to you and aH. Your friend, . CLARENCE FATE.

Anyone wishing to see me will find me in the Trust & Savings bank on Saturday afternoons. H. O. Harris, phone IM

CHAS. PRESTON IS DEFEATED

PATRICK J. LYNCH, OF NEWCASTLE, NAMED FOR SUPREME COURT CLERK. The Republican state convention completed its work Wednesday afternoon. The tenth congressional district had one of its candidates nominated and one defeated. Judge Willis C. McMahon, of Crown Point, was nominated for judge of the second, district appellate court, while Charles Preston, of Monticello; was defeated by Patrick J. Lynch, of Newcastle, for clerk of the supreme and appellate courts. Mr. Preston made a most excellent race receiving 624% votes to Mr. Lynch’s 765%. The following is the ticket: Secretary of State,, William A. Ra'och, of Delphi. Auditor of State, Otto L. Klauss, of Evansville. Treasurer of State, Uz McMurtrie, of Marion. Attorney General, |Ele Stansbury, of Williamsport. Clerk of Supreme and Appellate Courts, Patrick J. Lynch, of Newcastle.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Linnaeus N. Hines, of Crawfordsville. State Geologist, Lewis F. Rourke, of Bloomington. Judge of Supreme Court, First District, B. M. Willoughby, of Vincennes. Judge of Supreme Court, Fourth District, Howard L. Townsend, of Fort Wayne. Judges of Appellate Court, First District, Charles F. Remy, of Indianapolis and Solon A. Enloe, of Danville. - Judge of Appellate Court, Second District, A. I. Nichols, of Winchester, Willis C. McMahon, of Crown Point. The convention was attended by Indiana’s two senators, Harry S. New and James E. Watson, State Chairman Edward M. Wasmuth called the convention to order at about 10:30 a. m. . Governor James E. Goodrich, who was the temporary chairman of the convention made a most excellent speech. Senator Harry S. New was then elected permanent chairman and he also delivered an address which was received with great applause. When (Captain Ed. Jackson, who had resigned as secretary of state to enter the service of the country, appeared upon platform, he was greeted with prolonged applause. Captain Jackson is now located at Toledo University grounds. The most important part of the platform adopted as follows: The Republicans of Indiana, in convention assembled, declare this their platform:

In this country today there is for every individual and for every political party but one supreme duty, and that is to win the war. Every action 'of the Republican party in state and nation snail be determined solely by how we can add most to the sum total of war good. The loyalty of the Republican party-always has been and forever shall be measured only by the possibilities. . The Republican party heralded its own birth by saving the life of the nation, and from that hour to this moment has been a party of patroitism. In Congress and in the country the party has led in the performance of duty without evasion or reservation. In Congress, Republicans have given their votes, often the deciding votes, for the grant of every power and all the money demanded by the administration. In this course of action they will persist without wavering or shadow of turning. The fact that the party in power refused to prepare for war in 1914 and 1915 has not lessened the support by the Republicans in Congress, who so strongly urged it. To that refusal was no doubt due the fact that war found us unwholly unprepared and by that lack of preparation thousands of lives and billions of dollars have been wasted.

The most unjust and unpatriotic efforts in many quarters for political purposes to prevent the full participation by Republicans in war activities has had no effect whatever on the Republican party’s patriotic and loyal membership, in its giving to the last of its blood and its treasure. And we will continue so to give, to strive, to fight and to die, until victorious American arms have forever ended the intolerable arrogance of a scientifically trained brutality, and we have a conclusive peace with victory; to all of which we wholly pledge ourselves. This is the war of no political party. This is the country’s war, and we charge and deplore that the party in power is guilty of practicing petty partisan politics to the serious detriment of the country’s cause. We insist that this cease, and we appeal to all patriots, whatever their politics, to aid us in every way possible in our efforts to require that partisan politics be taken out and kept out of the war management. In this emergency we call upon all men and women to support the government without thought of P We insist that every individual who is placed in a position of reI sponsibility in this war shall be of tested and proven loyalty and abili-

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ty, regardless of political affiliations. We hereby denounce any criticism of public officials high or low when such criticisms are inspired by partisanship, malice or disloyalty. As courageous and loyal service is to be defended against malice, so should courageous and loyal criticism of corruption or incompetency be defended; and all men, who in their patriotic good judgment offer such sympathetic suggestion and contractive criticism, will be fair enough and broad enough to commend where commendation is due. We insist that every possible efficient instrument, man and material, which is available shall be used to aid in winning the war, and that inefficiency shall be replaced by efficiency wherever found. And these! things which we demand of the party in power, we irrevocably pledge for ourselves. There will always be party politics in this country, but we insist that politics shall be open and acknowledged, and on a plane and of a character that needs no apology or subterfuge, and that there be no partisan politics in anything that touches the war, by Republicans or Democrats, in office or out of office. The history of the growth of the Republican party is the story of the progress of the nation. Affirming that our past performances of fifty years of achievement is the best guarantee to the county of our future fulfillment, we know that it is only on our future fulfillment that our usefulness will depend. Therefore, we pledge to the country that the Republican party shall continue to be the instrument in this nation to apply to new conditions and »to changing conditions the wisdom of experience and the afficacy of honest, zealous service.

The Republican party stands for: (1) To use every possible means to win the war now; (2) for peace with victory and never peace by a compromise bargaining of principals which would violate American rights, interests and honor, and make of our sacrifice a sacrilege, to be made again by our grandchildren; (3) for a sane prepartion now for the solution of the problems, immeasurable in complexity and magnitude, wheih will come after the war. We will bring the government beck to the limitations and principles of the constitution in time of peace, and establish policies, which again will bind up the wounds of war, renew our prosperity, administer the affairs of government with the greatest economy, enlarge our strength at home and abroad, prevent the further spread of the socialistic tendency of the times toward Federal ownship of all the creation and distribution of wealth as a panacea for all the real fancied ills of society, and set the nation’s feet once more firmly on the path of progress and along Ways which liberty and order must ever guard and preserve. To this end we promise a forward stepping as well as a forward looking program for labor, for business and for the farmer. The labor of the country constitutes its greatest asset In the crisis now obtaining, the labor of the country is its salvation. The Republican party is the natural friend of labor, for it made labor free. By its protective tariff policies it has made the wages of our laborers the highest in the world. Today and in the future the labor in this country is entitled to and must receive fair representation in the councils of the

nation. Labor in this country today is for the war and is giving in full measure th the nation’s cause. We are a naflbn of wage earners and the welfare of these men must have that considefibtion that guarantees to them that to which in all fairness they are entitled. We must have just, remederial legislation for. the

■ betterment of this great mass of our population at all times, not only because it is their due, but also that

by justice always we can prevent insidious criminal influences of unlawful organizations taking hold in the ranks of real labor. Against such criminal influences we irrevocably pledge the fullest exercise of all our lawful powers.

THURSDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Miss Besse Hatchcock left the hospital yesterday. Mr. McCurtain is improving nicely. Mrs. Meyer and Miss Gangloff will be able to go to their homes tomorrow. Miss Hurley is convalescing. Mr. Bert Overton remains about the same. Dolly Lowman’s condition is better Mr. Davis and Mr. Harshberger will leave the hospital in a few days. Fiances O’Donnell is much improved. Grandmother Robinson seems to be improving.

ALTER RE-UNION.

The annual re-union of the Alter families and relatives will be held in the grove at Riverside the home of John E. Alter in Union township, Jasper county, Indiana, on Sunday, June 23, 1918. The plan is an all day basket meeting with a Literary program, with a few quiet oriental games, boats on the lake, swings in the grove, ponies to rid, croquet, etc. All ministers of the gospel and newspaper reporters will be welcomed as honorary members of the association. JOHN E. ALTER, President; LEWIS S. ALTER and GRACE ALTER, Secretaries.

MUZZLE QUARANTINE. On and after June Ist, 1918, no dog will be allowed in Rensselaer without a muzzle. CITY HEALTH OFFICER CLEAN UP DAY. Saturday, June Ist, clean all back yards and alleys. Keep Rensselaer’s reputation for cleanliness going. CITY HEALTH OFFICER Mrs. Dell Dobbins went to Delphi today. To help solve its fuel problem, the government of Brazil is encouraging the planting of eucalyptus trees.

AT THE STAR THEATRE —The Hou— of Good Pictures TODAY . SPECIAL SPECIAL A strong favorite. SEE Harold Lockwood In the well known novel story of “Paradise Garden” Seven Acts at 10c and 15c.— War tax included. FRIDAY—SEE * Taylor Holmes In an active western comedy drama of ‘Ruggles of Red Gap’ ALSO—NAVY PICTURES— Admission 10c and 15e Wy tax included.

SATURDAY—The pet of the screens * Little Madge Evans “Wanted’-A Mother”

ALSO—MARGUERITE SNOW and KING BAGGOTT in the defense of America, “THE EAGLE’S EYE.” Not a serial.

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